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Taking a sweet and brave initiative he’s decided to share his blessings with us, asking us all to share some of ours.

Rules are posted on his blog to which I’ve linked above, if you happen to stop by here for mine, know that I would be very interested in reading yours. Consider yourselves implicitly tagged.

Lets get to it:

Praise the Lord! A huge Elhamdollelah.

I am grateful for all the things I complain about all the time, for in being able to focus on such small things, I have realised that all the big tickets in my life are in order. Typical Maslow hierarchy of needs pyramid. So if your biggest problem is that you have not saved the world today, it follows that your basic needs are met, that you are fed, healthy, employed, loved, actualized etc.. and can afford to stress about that 🙂 “Reminded”

I am grateful for my parents, in their over-protectiveness, in their stifling over attentiveness. I am grateful that they are both alive and well, that they both care enough, that we are not your typical dysfunctional family, that I feel protected, safe and loved all day everyday. “Pampered”

I am grateful for my sister and our small age difference. I am grateful for the friendship that binds us and the room we share. I am grateful for our insane and opposite styles and tastes. I am grateful for how she’s my rock who will always be there. I am grateful that I am hers! I am grateful for how well we understand each other and the fear that overtakes other Trump players and the classic “ekhwat la2!!!” 🙂 “Happy”

I am grateful for my car, even though it is for sale these days, cause it is time to move on. Yet I shall miss it, I owe it so much. I am freed from taxi cabs and begging rides of parents. It is my own bit of personal space on this planet, the only property that truly is mine. I am grateful for the rad built in stereo and the endless supply of music. I am grateful for the fact that it has never failed me and has tolerated seating 8 individuals, my Need for Speed driving, the Cairo heat, the long trips and being used as a make shift office. “Mine”

I am grateful for my career. I hear people talking about their dream jobs, I am thankful that I have found mine after career hopping for 5 years. I hope I get to do this forever. I hope to some day do it for the biggest firms on the planet. Moreover, I dream of one day doing it under my own name, my very own business consultancy firm. “Actualised”

I am grateful for my best friends, who have been there for me through thick and thin, who are spread out all over the globe but who are always a phone call and a plane trip away. I am grateful for the old ones and the new. I am grateful for how influential they have been in my life, how they’ve always driven me to be a better me, how they’ve made the good times great and the bad situations trivial. “Spoilt”.

I am grateful for the gifts/talents the Lord has been generous enough to endow me with. I am thankful for the skills that I have not had to work hard at developing and for the creative elements which have enabled me to channel both positive and very negative energy over the years. I am grateful to my piano and my blog for keeping me sane and grounded, for enabling me to remain “nice” in the real world. “Blessed”

I am grateful for all the things we usually don’t stop to ponder, the things that go without saying and which we take for granted. I am grateful for good health, a steady job, a roof above my head, food on our table, love in our hearts, education, choice, etc. “Contemplative”

I am grateful for my cities, the locations I’ve lived in around the planet, for all the memories, all the trips, all the stamps in my passport, for all the friends I’ve made, the sights I’ve seen and the exposure. I am grateful for variety, diversity and cultures. I am grateful for all we have to learn and experience and how non-boring life can be. “Travel-bug bitten”

Last but not least, I’m actually grateful for advances in technology. The Lord has been very generous with the brains he has given some of us. I am insanely grateful that Carrier invented the AC; that the internet is available to students, employees and slackers around the world; for trains, planes and automobiles. I’m basically very grateful for all our creature comforts. “Lazy”

Needless to say, you’re all tagged. Knock yourselves out!

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Bike through Italy, Safari in Kenya, dance in the streets of Brazil, snorkel around the Australian reef, pray in Palestine and take a photo sitting cross-legged on the floor in the square in front of the Kremlin.

Learn a new language (flexible on what the language is, although leaning towards Spanish due to the abundance of practice buddies).

Learn to play one jazz song on my piano or Sax.

Write and publish a book that means a lot to me and which becomes a worldwide (ok, fine! regional or local) best-seller.

Jump out of a plane (preferably with a co-conspirator who understands the beauty of that experience).

Drive a fancy sports car (hopefully my own) on a clear highway at more than 220 KM/H. (Yes, once a gaming junkie forever a gaming junkie; feel free to roll your eyes!)

Start my own business consultancy firm.

Have an interesting conversation with Queen Rania of Jordan. (I’ve already heard her speak live and that was very inspirational.)

Get cited as someone’s role model!

Work on scratching out items from this list everyday 🙂

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RULES:
1. Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle.
2. For each question, pres the next button to get you answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!! After you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve been tagged to do them themselves.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

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Nousha spoils me! Earlier this week one of the most informative and fascinating bloggers I know was kind enough to look fondly upon this humble blog and mention it in her list. Hence it is with great pride and pleasure that I announce to you that as of this week “Ramblings of the Disoriented Mind”” has been awarded a which shall be displayed proudly .

It all started with one blogger, Ilkar Yoldes, who decided that all the tags out there are mindless and the blogs useless.

Too many blogs, not enough thoughts!

He started a new tag “5 Blogs that make me think”.

The participation rules are simple:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).

I must admit, it was extremely difficult to come up with 5 blogs, more so cause several of my blogging comrades have been tagged before and they’ve awarded it to most of the blogs I would have chosen. Yet I will strive to avoid repetition and give blogs their fair dues.

Here are the 5 blogs that made me think:

1. Greg Mankiw’s Blog: I’m an economist, I couldn’t help myself. Greg Mankiw is an Economic’s professor at Harvard. His amazing blog provides insight on famous economic debates, updates on new theories as well as up to date figures on changes in the US economy, his views on these changes and how they will impact the rest of the world. I was introduced to his blog through The Traveller Within (another great blog, but he’s been already tagged).

2. Soosa Elmafrousa: A victim of our times, a young lady who blogs anonymously and holds a cynical and genuinely helplessly frustrated attitude towards Egypt, politics, society and on occasion the entertainment industry. She cracks me up only to remind us that for real “Hamm yeda7ak we hamm yebakky” (translates to some burden/ordeals cause laughter and others bring on tears).

3. Fadfadation: A young man with a passion for Islam, Egypt and the history of Arabs. His posts are informative, controversial and most enlightening.

4. Hearing Myself Speak: By far one of the most sarcastic people you’ll ever meet/read. I love her take on the public transportation system, politics, education, health as well as her vigilant updates on the entertainment industry.

5. Nforme: I love her poetry, her way of thinking, her articulation. The way the words flow on paper leave me pondering and often in awe.

Ok, that was my list, in the words of AAB “Dear bloggers, you’ve been tagged. Choose wisely!”

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Tagged by Om Luji (sorry for the delay, trying not to blog on weekends in an attempt to curb my internet addiction, failing drastically, considering purchasing a Blackberry).

School Days Tag:

1. Did you use to be a good student at school?

Ok, if you had not come to that conclusion already from following this blog I was (still am probably) quite the nerd/geek. My father has his own mathematical formula. Hence I’ve been given a very promising set of genes, I was gifted that way. I was always really bright, I grasped new concepts well and thus was that annoying student in class who kept answering the teacher’s questions and finishing their sentences etc.. Wasn’t much into studying though, was conceited enough to think I didn’t need it. Plus time spent studying was time I couldn’t spend at the club or reading or playing video games.

2. What were your most loved and most hated subjects?

I have a natural knack for numbers so I’ve always loved mathematics, science (physics, chemistry and biology in this order), and English literature. On the other hand I’ve always hated the social sciences (sounds weird coming from an economist, I KNOW!!) but I could never enjoy geography, history, etc…

3. When young, what did you want to become?

I used to change my mind a lot, when i was really young I wanted to be a scientist, I think I wanted to be one all the way up to 6th grade, then for a while I had this whole superhero complex about being a doctor and saving the world. Turns out I don’t have the stomach for that. Then in high school I had come to the conclusion that I wanted to be an engineer (see favorite subjects above). Was an IGCSE student and wanted to continue my undergraduate studies at Cambridge. Only, you don’t always get to do what you want. Yalla…

This was fun dear, thanks for the tag. Hope the answers were not too disappointing.

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1. last beverage? Fresh pineapple juice
2. last phone call? Mony 🙂
3. last instant message? was work related 😦
4. last cd played? A mix I made, it’s playing in my car.
5. last time you cried? can’t remember but it’s usually when I’m really angry.
6. last text message? Yousha

Section 2 – 6 Have You Evers:

1. dated someone twice? No
2. been cheated on? No
3. kissed someone & regretted it? No
4. lost someone special? No
5. been depressed? yeah I guess, but it all goes into the writing
6. been drunk and threw up? No, i throw up way too much as is (motion sickness)

Section 3 – List 3 Favourite Colors

1. Blue (any shade)
2. Red (brick)
3. Lilac

Section 4 – This month have you (it’s only 3 March so will count 30 days and call it a month)

1. Made a new friend? Yes (Nousha :))
2. Fallen out of love? Sorta
3. Laughed until you cried? yessssss (kareoke night on Valentines)
4. Met someone who changed your life? Not recently
5. Found out who your true friends were? I already know
6. Is there something you want to tell someone? There is too much negative energy out there, have faith that is is darkest before the light!
7. Would you kiss anyone on your top friends? LOL
8. How many people on your top friends do you know in real life? little under 30%
9. How many kids do you want to have? kol elly yegeebo rabena kewayess
10. Do you have any pets? No, but I used to have a dog. (refer to Stormy Weather)
11. Do you wanna change your name? Not especially, what did you have in mind?
12. What did you do for your last birthday? Friends, Blue Nile. Was cool.
13. What time did you wake up today? 8 am
14.What were you doing at midnight last night? I was fast asleep
15. Name something you CANNOT wait for? To see my name in print. Novel by Inji 🙂 That would be the day.
16. Last time you saw your father? last night
17. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? 24 hours not cutting it for me. I’d like an extension pls. Or the option to teleport anywhere rather than drive for hours.
18.What are you listening to right now? (Don’t jump to conclusions, Itunes picks ’em) Saber El Roba3y ~ El donya
19. Have you ever talked to Tom? Tom who??
21. Have you ever talked about someone behind their back? Yeah, but all good 🙂
22. What’s the last piece of clothing you borrowed from anyone? brown bag.
23. Who’s getting on your nerves right now? Academy administration.., MBA finals schedules… grrrrr
24. Most visited webpage? Dogpile, Investopedia, Youtube
25. Coke or Pepsi? Coke! Although here it tastes like **** (insert word of disgust of choice)
26. Have you kissed or been kissed by anyone in the past week? Naah
27. Mac or PC? Since I’ve only tries PC — MAC (I hate my PC)